Hi Polly Parrot,
Primarily I like mystery, thrillers, crime solving, etc. For fun, I throw in some other types of books and often get hooked on them. I recently read one of the No 1 Ladies Detective series and found it to be a very pleasant read. Precious Ramotswe had a point when she muses about what good is it to have a large number of cows if you don't take them time to watch them eat grass. I wish I could be more like her.
Hii Landslide,
My list of favorite authors seems to change from time to time depending up what I'm reading but below are some of my favorite (in no particular order).
Stieg Larsson - What a shame that we won't have more of his quirky and entertaining books
Catherine Coulter
Michael Harvey
Lee Child (They've said the next book is a Jack Reacher book but I have a feeling Jack's character is about to change radically)
James Patterson (Although I've been disappointed recently)
Lisa Gardner
Michael Connelly
David Baldacci
Michael Harvey (To the best of my knowledge, he's only written 3 books but I loved them all)
And for a good change of pace....
Debbie Macomber
Jude Deveraux